Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya (), known up until 1958 as Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya Al-Malakiya, was an

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

i football team founded in 1937 in

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which represented the Iraqi Military Academy. They were the runners-up of Iraq's first ever national cup when they lost the final of the

1948–49 Iraq FA Cup The 1948–49 Iraq Football Association Cup was the first edition of what is now the Iraq FA Cup. Clubs and institute-representative teams participated in the tournament, which was won by Sharikat Naft Al-Basra, beating Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya Al- ...

Sharikat Naft Al-Basra Sharikat Naft Al-Basra (), known as BPC for short, was an Iraqi football team based in Basra which represented the Basra Petroleum Company. They became Iraq's first ever national cup winners when they won the 1948–49 Iraq FA Cup that was playe ...

. They were also the first ever winners of the

Iraq Central FA Premier League The Iraq Central FA Premier League, also known as the Iraq Central FA First Division and previously named the Iraq FA Baghdad First Division (), was the top-level division of football in Baghdad and its neighbouring cities between 1948 and 1973. ...

, a regional league for teams from Baghdad and its neighbouring cities, when they earned the title in 1948–49. Their final season in the top-flight was 1969–70 when they were relegated to the region's second-tier. Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya were consigned to competing in non-

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competitions after 1974 following the introduction of a clubs-only league system in Iraq, and competed in Army competitions until 1991 when the team was disbanded along with several other Army teams due to the Gulf War.

Honours

National

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**''Runners-up (1):'' 1948–49

Regional

**Winners (1): 1948–49 **''Runners-up (1):'' 1961–62 * Iraq Central FA Perseverance Cup **''Runners-up (1):''

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